Pocket watch-protector.



No. 789,672. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

H. RBINBR.

POCKET WATCH PROTECTOR. APPLICATION IILED 00129.1904.

Qmvcufoc Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY REINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET WATCH-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,672, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed October 29, 1904. Serial No. 230,597.

To all whaml it may concern:

in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Watch- Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved watchprotector which can be conveniently inserted in the watch-pocket and which prevents the accidental dropping of the watch from the pocket or the theft of the same by retaining the watch against outward pull, permitting, however, the convenient removal of the watch from the pocket when it is desired to ascertain the time; and the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a garment having my watch-protector in use in the watchpo'cket thereof. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my improved watch-protector, drawn on a larger scale and showing the watch in position therein. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 8, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the pivoted guard-frame at the upper portion of the watch-protector; and Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section through said guard-frame and watch-holding plate on line 5 5, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The improved watch-protector consists of three main partsan approximately U-shaped frame (4, provided with laterally-projecting spring-prongs 6, having pointed ends I) and shoulders b a short distance from the points, said U-shaped frame and prongs being preferably made from one integral piece of flat sheet metal of suitable thickness and inserted in the pocket in which the watch is to be carried in such a manner that the sharp points of the spring-prongs b pierce the sides of the pocket and hold thereby the frame a in position in the pocket. The upper ends of the tector.

U-shaped frame a are made in the shape of eyes 65 and provided with projecting stopshoulders d below the eyes, said shoulders serving for arresting an oblong guard-frame f, which is pivoted, by means of hooks f and shoulder f to the eyes d at the upper ends of the U-shaped frame a, so that said guard-frame can be swung into inclined position until arrested by the stop-shoulders on the upper ends of the U-shaped frame a. The upper part of the guard-frame is provided with eyes f that are bent at right angles to the plane of the guard-frame and serve for receiving the pivots g of a recessed holding-plate g, which is provided on its face with alayer 0f plush, chamois, leather, or other suitable material, so as to prevent scratching of the watch when inserting or removing the same from the watch-pro- The holding-plate g is provided with a central recess 0, through which the crown and pendant of the Watch project, said central recess being provided with inwardly-extending projections 9 between which a sufficient space is left for the stem of the watch. The lower ends of the holding-plate are extended below the lower part of the guard-frame and forced to abut against the same by a flat spring h, which is attached to the rear of the holding-plate and bent over the upper edge thereof, so as to abut against the upper bar of the guard-frame, as shown in Fig. 5. This spring presses the lower ends of the holdingplate g against the guard-frame f and holds the same in position thereon, so as to prevent the withdrawing of the watch from the guardframe without interfering with the removal of the watch by the owner when he forces the holding-plate away from the guard-frame by first moving the watch into inclined position, so that the watch can clear the guard-frame and be removed from the same.

When the protector has been inserted into the pocket, the watch is placed in position therein by pushing the holding-plate in downward direction on its hinges until the holding-plate can move forward by its spring against the guard-frame and hold thereby the watch in position with the stem and pendant in the central recess of the holding-plate, so

YIS

as to prevent the loss or theft of the watch. In order to remove the watch, the holdingplate has to be pressed backwardly, after which the watch can be readily removed from the guard-frame and replaced therein. The forcible withdrawal of the watch is prevented by the action of the guard-frame and holdingplate on the watch and the action of the pointed prongs in the pocket of the garment.

The different parts of the protector can be readily stamped up, by means of suitable dies, from brass or other suitable sheet metal and assembled in a convenient manner, thereby forming a protective article to be sold in connection with expensive. watches.

As the protector can be readily inserted into any pocket by means of the spring-prongs and readily removed from the pocket and placed in any other pocket, it forms a convenient attachment for the pocket in which the watch is usually carried and a reliable protector against the aocid ental dropping or theft of the watch;

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A pocket watch-protector comprising a frame provided with pocketengaging means, a guard-frame attached to said frame, and a holding-plate hinged to said guard-frame and normally bearing against the same.

2. A pocket watch-protector comprising a pocket-engaging frame, a guard-frame attached thereto, and a spring-actuated holdingplate hinged to said guard-frame.

3. A pocket watch-protector comprising a pocket-engaging frame, a guard-frame pivoted thereto, and a holding-plate normally hearing against said guard-frame.

4. A pocket watch-protector comprising a pocket-engaging frame, a guard-frame attached thereto, and a holding-plate hinged to said guard-frame and normally bearing against the same, said holding-plate being provided with a watch-receiving recess.

5. A pocket watch-protector comprising a pocket-engaging frame, a guard-frame pivoted thereto, means for limiting the movement of said guard-frame on its pivot, and a watchretaining plate attached to said guard-frame.

6. A pocket watch-protector comprising a U -shaped frame having pocket engaging prongs extending therefrom, a guard-frame pivoted to the upper ends of said frame, and a watch -retaining plate normally bearing against the under side of said guard-frame.

7 A pocket watch-protector comprising a main frame provided with laterally-extending, pocket-engaging prongs, a guard-frame pivoted to the upper ends of the main frame, and a spring-actuated holding-plate hinged to the upper part of the guard-frame and provided with a recess for the watch-stem, crown, and pendant, the lower ends of said holding-plate abutting against the lower part of the guardframe.

8. A pocket watch-protector comprising main frame provided with eyes at its upper ends and with pocket-engaging means, a guardframe pivoted to the main frame, a springactuated holding-plate hinged to the upper end of the main frame and provided with a recess, inwardly-projecting lugs in proximity to said recess, and downwardly-projecting ends abutting against the lower part of said guardframe.

9. A pocket watch-protector comprising a main frame of approximately U shape, laterally-extending pocket-engaging prongs made integral with said main frame, a guard-frame pivoted to the upper ends of the main frame, and provided with diametrically -arrangedeyes, a holding-plate provided with pivots at its upper end engaging said eyes, and a flat spring for holding said holding-plate in contact with the guard-frame, said holding-plate being provided with a recess for receiving the crown and pendant of the watch.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as w my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY REINER.

Witnesses: 4

PAUL GoEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

